Amazon launched its Kindle Worlds fan fiction platform just over a year ago, and the concept has been a great success for both the rights holders who license content to the site and the fans who adore the concepts and story lines of their favorite authors. These reader fans have often taken to writing their own continuation of the stories once the book ends, largely due to the … [Read more...] about Fan Fiction Romance Comes to Kindle Worlds
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Vampire Diaries Author Publishes Her Own FanFic of the Work
For those who only know the sexiness and paranormal tension of the current-day television series The Vampire Diaries, it may come as a surprise to learn that the books were originally published more than twenty years ago, only to see them revived and repackaged for a new audience in conjunction with the series. What may also come as a surprise to fans--even a shock, to … [Read more...] about Vampire Diaries Author Publishes Her Own FanFic of the Work
YO JOE! Kindle Worlds Irons out New Agreement with Hasbro
The GI-JOE franchise has enjoyed a resonance the last few years due to two blockbuster movies and the seminal success of the Mobage game GI-Joe Battleground. If you were a child of the 80's, chances are you had a few Joe action figures and if you were a fiendish collector, you ever had the Terror Drome. Today Amazon has just reached a new agreement with Hasbro to usher in a new … [Read more...] about YO JOE! Kindle Worlds Irons out New Agreement with Hasbro
Howey’s “Peace in Amber” Fan Fiction Remembers 9/11
Only someone who really knows his craft and listens to his inner voices can write a story based on the world of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five that also includes not only a zoo run by aliens, but a touching restrospective of the events of September 11th. For those unaware, Hugh Howey, bestselling self-published author of The Silo Saga and other titles, has been an ardent … [Read more...] about Howey’s “Peace in Amber” Fan Fiction Remembers 9/11
Kindle Worlds Releases Work by Howey Based on Slaughterhouse Five
When Amazon Publishing announced the creation of its fan fiction publishing site Kindle Worlds, one of its first and most vocal supporters was bestselling author Hugh Howey. The author of the Silo Saga has been an active proponent of the idea that fan fiction--when readers take authors' story lines or characters and craft their own unique tales with those elements--is both a … [Read more...] about Kindle Worlds Releases Work by Howey Based on Slaughterhouse Five
Launch of Kindle Worlds Pays Authors, Originators for Fan Fiction
Fan fiction is an often hotly-contested issue in publishing. The concept of writers taking existing characters and settings and writing entirely new story lines for them can be deeply divisive. For some authors, having fans write new plots with their established characters is a flattering look at the ways their readers engage with the characters, and symbolizes that the … [Read more...] about Launch of Kindle Worlds Pays Authors, Originators for Fan Fiction